Old Man
Patti Casey in C. Start on A.

Well, you’re up before the eastern sky turns red, -5 5 43221154
But you lie awake real quiet in your bed -5 5 43221154
And you need to go, but there’s no one up to take you. -6 -7 1 234543221
So you close your eyes and wait for light to show, -5-5 -6-6 43211 -7-6 -71 -7
Underneath the door where friends come and go -5-5 -6-6 43321 -7 1

Well you think you hear me stirring just a trace
So you stand real close and breath on my face.
And finally I rise to take you once around the block,
Where you stop at every tree along the way
Oh come on old man I haven’t got all day.

And I leave for years each day when you’re in jail 5544332211
But you always smile me home nose to tail
I try to make you eat, but these days it takes a while
And could I really be so foolish as to think that you do not see
That I buried all of your vitamins in that cheese

Chorus:
I’ve loved you nearly half my life. -715-75-61-7-6-5
I’ve known no sweeter soul. -715-75-61-7-6-5
You taught me how to howl, -715-75-61-7-6-5
And how to live with just one bowl. -6-6 -715-75 4 3 2 1-7 1

Now your face is gray and sometimes your hips give out
And now and then, you go in the house
I won’t keep you holding on, just because I want you near me.
But I tell you that I love you every single day
So there’s really nothing standing in your way.

Chorus:
And I’ve loved you nearly half my life. -715-75-61-7-6-5
I’ve known no sweeter soul. -715-75-61-7-6-5
You taught me how to howl, -715-75-61-7-6-5
And how to live with just one bowl. -6-6-7 1 5-7 54 6 7 8